Off the Old Continent

Hello loyal followers! I'm apologize for not updating in a few days, but it has certainly been busy here. We are now in London in the UK! I'll post a separate blog entry for London after this Madrid entry.


On our last day in Madrid, after our churros con chocolate (mmm), we went over to the Temple of Debob. This is a real Egyptian temple, exported to Spain for the country's assistance in a Nile River Flood in the late 20th century. After hopping on the metro through Plaza de España, we went to the Reina Sofia Museum. This former hospital holds many modern Spanish and European works, including Picasso's famous Guernica (pictured below). The museum is impressive in it's own architecture, and the glass walls and elevator banks provide spectacular views of the city.


We dined at a traditional Hispano-latin american restaurant for dinner and hit the town for just a small taste of Madrid night life. On Friday, we had a very early wakeup call for our flight to London. Unfortunately, our flight was delayed by more than 4 hours, and we did not land until 5pm in London. After arriving at Gatwick Airport, we had to go through customs (since the UK is not in the free European passport zone).

A long train ride and a few transfers on the tube (London underground subway) later, we arrived at our London hotel. Our room is 6 floors up without a lift (elevator), so it's a bit of a trek anytime we go up or down. Before doing a little laundry and catching up on some sleep after a long travel day, we went to Westminster at night to see Big Ben, Parliament, and Westminster Abbey by moonlight. Read the next blog post for more of our British adventures!